Posted on 06/23/2008 8:06:43 PM PDT by Red Steel
Succumbing to an avalanche of criticism, Sen. Barack Obama's campaign has apparently decided to back away from its trial balloon of a new presidential seal.
Newsmax’s lead story Monday morning reported on Obama’s new version of the presidential seal, but a campaign spokesman now says it won’t be used again.
“That was a one-time thing for a one-time event,” Robert Gibbs asserted to CNN about the rather intricately designed seal that made its debut last Friday.
The new seal was unveiled on Obama's podium when he spoke to a group of Democratic governors.
The Obama seal did include the American bald eagle clutching arrows and an olive branch, but the resemblance ended there.
The Latin phrase "E Pluribus Unum," which translates to "Out of many, one," was replaced with "Vero Possumus," which translates to "Truly, we are able" — a rough translation of the Obama campaign slogan "Yes we can."
As Newsmax reported, the deletion of "E Pluribus Unum," long considered the de-facto motto of the United States, is not accidental for multiculturalists, who have long denigrated the concept that immigrants must strip away their old culture in favor of the "oneness" of American civilization.
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Guess the possum thing didn’t go over too well.
It’s funny to hear the spin sometimes.
They are now saying they designed that seal for a one-time use at a one-time event. And they intended that it not be used again. I have a hard time believing that.
The new seal will feature a golden throne, laurel leaves, a shining halo, and the masthead of the New York Times.
More than likely, the new seal under Obama will have a crescent.
Childish, absolutely childish.
I mean that bogus seal, not the fact that it was pulled.
ROTFLOL!! That's the first thing I thought!!
Libs like this stuff.
I can feature that. The seal looks a little cartoonish and really not suitable for any other use. Probably a one time thing to lighten things up.
Gee you think it might’ve been the bad translation of latin that I was told said, “in truth we can’t all do all things”? LOL
They don’t have to “use” the seal again. They have the photographs. Which is why they did it.
Dang! Just when I was getting ready to start Photoshopping it to say, “Soros’ Possum”.
I expected to see a hammer and sickle on the Obamanation seal.
“This is not the seal that I knew for twenty years.”
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